Cigar extinguisher and protector.



No. 802,300. PATENTED OCT. 1'7, 1905. A. E. MAULAGHLAN.

CIGAR EXTINGUISHER AND PROTECTOR.

APPLIUA'IION FILED JUNE 21, 1905.

INVENTOR ALFRED E. MACLAGHLAN.

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Patented Oct. 17, 1905.

Application filed June 21, 1905. Serial No. 266,207-

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Be it known that I, ALFRED ERNEST MAC- LACHLAN, of the city of Montreal,Province of Quebecflanada, have in vented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cigar Extinguishers and Protectors, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to cigar extinguishers and protectors; and theobject is to provide an inexpensive device by which a partiallysmokedcigar may be quickly extinguished and preserved until the smoker isready to [in ish the part that remains.

It is often found necessary when entering a street-car or a residence orbetween acts at a theater to throw away the unsmoked portion of a cigar,as the odor becomes oflensive if a partially-burned cigar is carriedloosely in the pocket. By the use of my device, which consists of ahollow cap and an elastic tube, the burning end of the cigar is insertedinto the cap, and the elastic tube is pulled over a portion of thecigar, so that air is excluded and the fire immediately extinguished.The cap may then be placed in the vest-pocket and the cigar preservedwithout any disagreeable odor.

In the drawings which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of the elastic tube. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the cap. Fig.3 is a sectional view of the device, showing the elastic tube rolled upon the cap. Fig. A is a plan vidw of the device shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5is a plan view of the device with a cigar inserted in the cap.

Referring to the parts, A represents a hollow cap of any suitablematerial closed at its apex and provided toward its open end with anexterior annular groove A. The edge A of the groove adjacent the openend of the cap is slightly larger in circumference than the oppositeedge, and the cap tapers slightly from the groove toward the open end,as shown at A.

B is a tube of rubber or other suitable material open at both ends andslightly tapered toward its upper end, as shown at B. The tubeterminates at both ends in thickened rings B and B A cigar C is shown inFig. 5. The

tapered end of the tube is stretched over the open end of the cap untilthe thickened ring B fits into the groove A, and the tube is then rolledfrom its opposite end around the ring B until it assumes the positionshown in Figs. 3 and A. In this position it is prevented from unrollingby the enlarged edge A and may be carried in the pocket ready for use.

l/Vhen it is desired to extinguish a lighted cigar and preserve the partthat remains, the burning end is inserted in the open end of the cap andthe elastic tube unrolled over the cigar, as shown in Fig. 5. The air isthus entirely excluded and the fire is almost immediately extinguished.inserted may then be carried in the pocket until it is desired to smokethe part that remains.

My invention is simple and inexpensive in construction and economicalinuse.

Having thus described my invention so that the same may be readilyunderstood by those skilled in the art to which it appertains, what Iclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is

1. A cigar extinguisher and protector comprising a hollow cap closed atits apex and having an exterior annular groove near its open end, incombination with an elastic tube provided at its ends with thickenedrings, one of said rings being adapted to lit into the annular groove ofthe cap, substantially as described.

2. A cigar extinguisher and protector, comprising a hollow, conical cap,having an exterior annular groove adjacent its open end, in combinationwith an elastic tube having one end adapted to fit into the annulargroove of the cap, substantially as described.

3. In a cigar extinguisher and protector, a hollow, conical cap havingan'exterior annular groove near its open end, in combination with anelastic tube, tapered at one end and terminating in a thickened ringadapted to fit into the annular groove of the cap, the other end beingadapted to roll back upon itself toward the top, substantially asdescribed.

4:. In combination, a hollow, conical cap having an exterior annulargroove so formed that the edge adjacent the open end of the cap isslightly larger in circumference than the opposite edge, and an elastictube, tapered at one end and.terminating in thickened rings, the taperedend being adapted to fit over the The cap with the cigar annular grooveof the cap, substantially as deed to partially envelop the cigar,substantially scribed. as described. 10

5. A cigar extinguisher and protector com- In Witness whereof I havehereunto set my prising a hollow, conical cap adapted to hold hand inthe presence of two Witnesses.

the end of a cigar, an exterior, annular groove ALFRED ERNESTMACLAOHLAN.

near the open end of said cap, and an elastic lVitnesses:

tube having one end adapted to he detachably N. HENDERSON,

fitted into said groove and the other end adapt- C. W. TAYLOR.

